Woooooooooooo. Hello every one from the Mystic Messenger fan base! I'm BlueSkyBlue, also known as Otonashi Hayuka! So... After a certain friend of mine introduced me to this wonderful otome game, I've been addicted to it. And people who know me know that I get random ideas all the time, and I did. Hence, this fic's plot was born.
Before I continue on, let it be known that this is my first Mystic Messenger fic, so I might screw up here and there.
I still hope you will all enjoy it though!
AND NOPE, I CERTAINLY DO NOT OWN MYSTIC MESSENGER CUZ I AM NOT CHERITZ.
Jang Soo Min sulked as he listened to the annoying girl beside him. To be honest, he wasn't even listening to her, but instead nodding to whatever his best friend's sister, Kyo Min Hae, was trying to tell him.
"Soo Min? Soo Min! Earth to Soo Min!" The brown headed girl called out at him.
He blinked. "What is it, Min Hae?" He asked.
She huffed indignantly. "As I was saying a few minutes ago, I noticed that you have no partner."
He stared at her. "What do you mean, partner?"
She facepalmed. "Girlfriend, you idiot!"
His best friend, Kyo Woo Sung, rolled his eyes. "She has been on it for ages. Do you know how irritating it is when she keeps asking me whether you have a girlfriend. Then when I say no, she gives me a long list of girls that she claims could be your potential girlfriends."
"That reminds me," Min Hae said. "What happened to the list?"
"Threw it away last week," he replied nonchalantly.
"What?!" Min Hae shrieked. "Why? Did you know how long it took for me to compile that list?"
Her brother shrugged. "I don't care."
She glared at him but turned to Soo Min a minute later. "My point is, You are not seductive enough! You need to understand the whims of a lady!"
He arched an eyebrow. "So...?"
Min Hae sighed. "You are so dense..." She then whipped out her phone and tapped on something before shoving the screen at Soo Min's face. The words "MYSTIC MESSENGER" was printed on the screen. "Here! This is an otome game that is currently a big hit amongst the girls. Play it and take a leaf out of the characters' books!"
At the other side of the room, Woo Sung rolled his eyes once more. "She's crazy over it. She has been up twenty four seven talking to someone called Zen, whom I heard is an alcoholic man who smokes."
"So should I follow his example and start smoking, then?" Soo Min asked.
She made a disgusted face. "Ew no. That's not what I'm trying to say. Just... download the game! Play and learn the charms of being a man!"
"Dude, just download the game to humor her. I also did it, see?" Woo Sung showed his phone with the same exact opening screen to Soo Min.
Soo Min sighed. "Alright..."
"Hey, hey, hey. Soo Min, hey!"
The black haired boy sighed before turning around to answer the girl behind him. "What is it now, Min Hae?"
Min Hae grinned at him. "So, it has been a month. Your thoughts?"
He stared at her. "My thoughts on what?"
"Mystic Messenger, what else?" She said.
"Seriously, that is still a thing? Wouldn't it have died down, you know, like Pokemon Go?" he asked. Wow, this girl is resilient.
She glared at him. "Well, this is not Pokemon Go! So get your butt working and play the friggin game so that you can brush up your non-existent flirting skills!"
"Min Hae," Soo Min interrupted. "Why do I need this for again?"
The girl gave him the evil eye. "To get a girlfriend, duh. So I swear to God, just play the game! I'll keep pestering you till you do!"
Soo Min sighed. What had he done in his past life to deserve the presence of an annoying girl for twenty four hours every day?
Min Hae walks away from yet another failed attempt to make Soo Min a player on the field. The raven head has always been alone. He only had Woo Sung and herself as friends. She remembered all the times when Woo Sung had to save Soo Min from bullies at school when they were younger. She remembers seeing tears running down her friend's face as he endured bully that occured both mentally and physically. Min Hae never wants to see Soo Min that sad again. Getting a girlfriend would definitely get his self esteem up. Maybe then Soo Min will realize that not all girls are the same as the mean ones who made fun of him in elementary school.
"Woo Sung, I'm home!"
"Mmm. Where were you? Lunch is cold. You'll need to preheat it in the microwave it."
"I went to Soo Min's house to check on his progress on MM. He hasn't even started yet!"
"Well duh. It's a game for girls, not boys."
"Well, Soo Min just needs to understand how girls work. Maybe then he will be able to talk to girls properly," Min Hae sighed.
Her brother glanced at her. Like her, he cared a lot about his best friend and wants the best for him. "Listen Min Hae. If Soo Min wants to do it, then he'll do it. But you can't keep forcing him to do this."
"Woo Sung..."
"Yea?"
"Remember when Soo Min used to be all alone?"
"Yea. So what?"
"I don't want to see Soo Min get hurt like that. Never again. He's gone so long without even trying to date anyone. I think it will really boost his self confidence if he could just put himself out there. Then he can find a girl who really understands him and can care for him," Min Hae says with nostalgic tone.
Woo Sung sighs.
"I know that you mean well but these things take time. Give him a little breather between your annoying lectures."
"Hey! That's offensive! But... you're right. Okay... I'll try to tone it down."
Min Hae gave a little shriek as he pushed her into her seat and ruffled her hair, making it all messy.
"Good girl."
Soo Min stared at his phone screen, a picture glaring into his eyes. The words "MYSTIC MESSENGER" felt ominous as he read them over and over again.
What in the world has possessed him to use this application, of all times?
Sure, he downloaded the game when Min Hae told him to, but he hadn't touched it since he showed Min Hae his created account.
He pressed the "START" words on the screen and the loading screen popped out. A few seconds later, a pop-up appeared.
[Permanent Account Ban may be imposed by game abuse]
For the 1.4.3v the following have been updated.
Fixed game progress not saving immediately after buying a continue./
Fixed a bug where you could not enter a chatroom.
We'll try out best to stabilize the game service.
Due to the server and save issues from from the previous version, accumulative 110 hourglasses have been added as an apology and an update compensation.
From now on please use the HELP button on the bottom left corner to request for assistance.
Thank you!
So even games like Mystic Messenger have updates and give stuff, mused Soo Min. What are hourglasses though, are they the currency used in the game? He then pressed the words "CLOSE", to be greeted to a screen with the words "MODE SELECT" on top. Below the words were two choices, "Casual Story" and "Deep Story".
Just one round, Soo Min told himself, just one round to satisfy Min Hae's whims. So he chose the Deep Story mode, and used eighty of his 110 hourglasses. He skipped the video, and was greeted to a sight of moving numbers on the screen.
Then a chat appeared.
{Unknown has entered the chatroom}
Unknown: ...Hello...?
Soo Min raised an eyebrow. No one mentioned that this is going to be a chatting slash dating simulator. Then again, he should have guessed from the name of the game. He pressed the "Answer" button and selected the only option given to him.
Soo Min: ?
He got an immediate reply.
Unknown: Can you see this?
He pressed the "Answer" button once more and replied.
Soo Min: Who are you?
Unknown: I'm sure you're surprised.
Unknown: It's not every day you get a text from a stranger.
Unknown: I'm a bit flustered myself. I found a smartphone at the subway station, but all it had was this messenger app.
Unknown: I want to find the owner by I don't see any contact info or call records...
Unknown: I've been sending messages with this app but no reply.
Unknown: All I see is an address and some important-looking numbers saved in notes.
Unknown: I'd like to go there myself but I'm currently abroad...
Soo Min continued playing past the chat until he got into the virtual apartment. Though seriously, this person found a phone in a subway station, and did not give it to the authorities? Also, the idea of someone not locking their phones with a password lock is absurd. Why would someone not put a lock on their phone to prevent others from accessing the information in it?
Then the screen flashed numbers again and-
Error: Mystic Messenger has stopped.
To Soo Min's dismay, the game crashed, and he had to restart the first chat from scratch. Annoyed, he grumpily went through the chat again before the green flashing number screen started again.
{Soo Min has entered the chatroom}
Yoosung: Failed my midterms fml T_T
Yoosung: [crying face]
707: Cuz you played LOLOL all night lol.
Jumin Han: If you want to work for our company, you should take care of your GPA.
Yoosung: I'm still on the list?!
Yoosung: [nodding face with starry eyes]
Jumin Han: Yes.
707: Nice~ Can't believe u get to work straight after college lol
707: In this day and age!
Zen: Lame. It's nepotism.
Jumin Han: It's called recruitment actually.
Zen: It's giving a free pass instead of actually training the worker.
Jumin Han: Whatever. I couldn't care less what you say.
Zen: What's the difference between recruitment and nepotism?
707: Thought they are the same? O_O?
707: [shrugging left and right with question marks flying around]
Jumin Han: It's nepotism if you recruit a person you know and they aren't of any help.
Yoosung: Oh... So you become a candidate of nepotism the same time you're recruited!
Zen: [I-have-no-words-for-this-situation face]
707: Wait!
Yoosung: Why?
Zen: ?
707: Think someone entered the chatroom;;
Jumin Han: Soo Min...?
Zen: Wtf. How did it get in here?
707: Hacker!
Yoosung: Hacker?! Therae's a hacker in over chatroom!
Yoosung: Sevnee do somethign!
Zen: Hey, typos -_-;;
707: Wait a sec. I'm searching.
Jumin Han: Who are you? Reveal yourself. Hey, Assistant Kang.
Jaehee Kang: Yes, I am here.
Zen: You were so quiet I thought you went somewhere.
Jaehee Kang: Nothingwas out of the ordinary so I was just watching
Jaehee Kang: but I see something has just happened.
Yoosung: omg
Jumin Han: Why is a stranger in our chatroom?
Jaehee Kang: No one can enter this chatroom without installing the private app we use... It seems someone has downloaded the RFA Messenger.
Yoosung: I thought Seven let only us download it?
Yoosung: [shrugging left and right with question marks flying around]
Zen: Maybe someone downloaded the app on two phones?
707: Maybe?
Jumin Han: Who downloaded it twice?
Yoosung: Not me!
Soo Min: Hello...
Yoosung: Gahhhh it's talking!
Yoosung: [shocked face]
Zen: So it's not two smartphones.
Jumin Han: Who is it?
Yoosung: Find out what it is!
Jaehee Kang: How did you find out about this place? Where did you download the application?
707: Oh...; Wait.
707: Just found something. This is weird.
Zen: What is it. Hurry and tell me.
707: I traced the IP...
707: It's from Rika's apartment.
Yoosung: Rika's apartment?
Jumin Han: Where was it?
Jaehee Kang: The location is not revealed. I know it to be classified.
707: Anyways, someone must have broken into her apt.
707: It talked just now, so it must be a person;;
Yoosung: So it hacked the program, Seven?
707: Yup.
As the conversation continued, Soo Min can't help but think that the characters in the chat were deliberately ignoring him. Either that, or the creators of Mystic Messenger never bothered to add in more lines for the players. Because if this situation happened in real life, he would have spammed the chat along with his friends till the point where they get confused of the topics discussed.
...Also, how are the AIs typing so fast?
Jaehee Kang: Username "Soo Min", I recommend that you confess.
Soo Min blinked. The messages came quickly that he had to scroll up the chatroom to read the previous messages. By the time he had finished reading the messages till the latest, the game had progressed again.
Jumin Han: Who are you? Reveal yourself right now.
Yoosung: Yeees! Who are u?!
Zen: Use proper language please.
707: If it doesn't say anything I'll hack in and find out.
Zen: ...Maybe
Zen: one of my fans?
Jumin Han: [angry face]
Soo Min sighed once again as he pressed "Answer" and replied.
Soo Min: Reveal yourselves first. I'm the most confused one here...
Jumin Han: How fierce.
Zen: How feisty~
Jumin Han: [angry face]
707: Zen. Be more serious, plz?
707: And a second the woman thing.
707: Looking it up.
For the nth time that day, Soo Min wondered what possessed him to play the dating simulator. He must be out of his mind to even consider looking at the app. Bored, he played through the entire chat, successfully becoming a "RFA" member.
His phone vibrated immediately after that and he looked at the screem to find that he had received some messages, one of which is from Unknown.
Unknown: It'll be really fun from now on. Enjoy your time with everyone. I'll go get you soon.
Soo Min paused at the text message and frowned. That sounded suspicious. Nevertheless, he answered with the only choice that was given to him.
Soo Min: Who the hell are you? You are not dangerous, are you?
It was barely a minute before his phone vibrated again with a reply.
Unknown: You don't need to know anything about me. And I'm totally not dangerous at all, I assure you.
For some reason, Soo Min felt goosebumps crawling up his back.
And that's the prologue done! Now, I wouldn't estimate how long this fic will be, so erm... yes. Another note, I am a busy girl with a packed schedule, so my next update will most likely be in a month's time, that is unless I finish writing my next chapter of my other fics too. Please be considerate and wait for the next update. Thank you, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and till then, ja~
Yours,
BlueSkyBlue,
a.k.a. Otonashi Hayuka